Web surfers who can’t help but addictively click the Facebook “Like” button every time it appears may want to start thinking twice before giving a link or article their thumbs up.

In a vast effort to improve the user experience and bring more traffic to publishers’ websites, the popular social network is rolling out with a major update that will give each “like” more prominence on the Facebook platform. Now every time you give a story your “thumbs up,” a headline, blurb and thumbnail will display on your wall and on your network’s newsfeed updates, essentially eliminating the need for the Facebook “Share” button.

For those of you who don’t know, in the past whenever a user “liked” an article, only a link would appear within the newsfeed, which typically goes unnoticed. But with this new change, users will likely put more thought into the stories they “like,” otherwise they will run the risk of annoying Facebook friends with their constant inflow of noticeable newsfeed updates, which can lead to a one way ticket to unfriending. Although, I don’t think too many people would take it that far.

Win/Win Situation
I’m not always on board with all of Facebook’s updates, but this particular change is great because not only should it bring higher quality articles to the Facebook platform and more traffic to websites, but it will also end the confusion between the functionalities of the Like button over the Share button, making it a win for both publishers and users.

So what do you think…are you happy with the new Like button update?